VertiPorts by Atlantic Appoints David Claisse as General Manager of NYCEDC’s East 34th Street Heliport

Ver­ti­Ports by Atlantic, a whol­ly owned sub­sidiary of Atlantic Avi­a­tion, has appoint­ed expe­ri­enced avi­a­tion oper­a­tor David Claisse as Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of Manhattan’s East 34th Street Heli­port in New York.

Claisse is a Unit­ed States Marines vet­er­an who start­ed his avi­a­tion career as a line ser­vice tech­ni­cian, pre­vi­ous­ly was GM for Atlantic Aviation’s Bridgeport/Sikorsky Air­port in Strat­ford, CT.

He takes over for Patri­cia Wag­n­er, who has served as GM of 6N5 since 1999. She has enjoyed a 43-year career of sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to the com­pa­ny and New York avi­a­tion com­mu­ni­ty, and will con­tin­ue in an advi­so­ry to role to ensure a seam­less tran­si­tion for avi­a­tion oper­a­tors and cus­tomers.  

Kevin Cox, CEO of Ver­ti­Ports by Atlantic, said: “As we sup­port the East 34th Street Heliport’s trans­for­ma­tion for the future of urban mobil­i­ty, David’s strong avi­a­tion, oper­a­tions and cus­tomer ser­vice expe­ri­ence will ensure con­ti­nu­ity for oper­a­tors and cus­tomers. With our lead­er­ship in devel­op­ing and oper­at­ing avi­a­tion infra­struc­ture, we are proud to play a role in mak­ing this excit­ing new mode of trans­port pos­si­ble.” 

Cox con­tin­ued: “It is impos­si­ble to over­state the con­tri­bu­tions of Pat Wag­n­er to our com­pa­ny and the New York avi­a­tion com­mu­ni­ty dur­ing the past 43 years. We thank her for her lead­er­ship of one of the most impor­tant avi­a­tion assets in New York, and we are grate­ful for her sup­port of a seam­less tran­si­tion in an advi­so­ry role.”

As part of Atlantic Avi­a­tion, one of the nation’s largest net­works of fixed base oper­a­tions (FBOs) with 108 loca­tions across North Amer­i­ca, Ver­ti­Ports by Atlantic is devel­op­ing a scal­able net­work of ver­ti­ports designed to enable elec­tric air taxi oper­a­tions in some of the most con­gest­ed urban and region­al mar­kets in the Unit­ed States. The ini­tial focus includes key regions across New York, New Jer­sey, Flori­da, Cal­i­for­nia, and Texas, where demand for advanced air mobil­i­ty solu­tions is high­est. 

In sup­port­ing the New York City Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Corporation’s (NYCEDC) mis­sion of deliv­er­ing sus­tain­able infra­struc­ture to ben­e­fit com­mu­ni­ties and the city’s econ­o­my, Ver­ti­Ports by Atlantic is adding util­i­ty and charg­ing infra­struc­ture that will allow 6N5 to offer air taxi ser­vice via qui­et, safe and sus­tain­able eVTOL air­craft. 

On May 1st, Ver­ti­Ports by Atlantic host­ed Joby Aviation’s suc­cess­ful elec­tric air taxi flight demon­stra­tion at 6N5, show­ing how eVTOL air­craft can enhance con­nec­tiv­i­ty uti­liz­ing exist­ing avi­a­tion.

The com­pa­ny also is adding its capa­bil­i­ties to the Port Author­i­ty of New York and New Jer­sey and NYCEDC’s par­tic­i­pa­tion in the U.S. Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion’ s Elec­tric Ver­ti­cal Take­off and Land­ing Inte­gra­tion Pilot Pro­gram (eIPP), which has formed pub­lic-pri­vate part­ner­ships to advance AAM ser­vices in the U.S. 

Patri­cia Wag­n­er, pic­tured above, has served as GM of 6N5 since 1999. She has enjoyed a 43-year career of sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions to the com­pa­ny and New York avi­a­tion com­mu­ni­ty, and will con­tin­ue in an advi­so­ry to role to ensure a seam­less tran­si­tion for avi­a­tion oper­a­tors and cus­tomers.